The Kairana bypoll has been necessitated following the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh in February.

Hdaughter Mriganka is now contesting on BJP ticket while RLD nominee Tabassum Hasan has been extended support by the BSP, SP and Congress.

Kairana parliamentary constituency has five assembly segments — Shamli, Thana Bhawan and Kairana in Shamli district, and Gangoh and Nakur in Saharanpur district.

The Kairana bypoll is being much important as BJP recently lost Gorakhpur and Phoolpur by-elections.

Assembly constituencies where bypolls being held are Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh, Shahkot in Punjab, Jokihat in Bihar, Gomia and Silli in Jharkhand, Chengannur in Kerala, Palus Kadegaon in Maharashtra, Ampati in Meghalaya, Tharali in Uttarakhand and Maheshtala in West Bengal.

By-election for Ampati has been necessitated after Mukul Sangma resigned the seat. In February elections, he had won from two seats – Ampati and Songsak. Counting of votes for all these bypolls will be taken up on Thursday.